In a statement yesterday, an official of the World Health Organisation said there’s low-risk for asymptomatic people to be spreading the SARS-Cov-2 virus. These are people who test positive for the virus but have demonstrated no symptoms. Maria Van Kerkhove… »
Marc Montgomery
With a passion for anything antique with an engine, and for Canadian and world history, Marc comes with a wealth of media experience. After DJ work at private radio in southern Ontario, and with experience in Canadian Forces radio and tv in Europe, the state broadcaster in Austria (Radio 3), and the CBC in Ottawa and Montreal, he was the host of the immensely popular CBC and RCI show, "The Link". He is now part of the new RCI online team producing stories from and about Canada from coast to coast.
Deep sea recovery of Canadian military helicopter and crew ended
In a press statement released Wednesday afternoon, the Canadian Armed Forces have indicated the recovery effort of a military helicopter and crew in the Ionian Sea has ended. The team of U.S Navy, and CAF personnel spent eight days at… »
Canada prepares for mass COVID-19 vaccinations
Canada orders millions of syringes There is an international rush, competition almost, as hundreds of labs around the world seek to develop a vaccine against the SARS-CoV2 virus. The World Health organisation says some 133 potential vaccines are in development… »
Economy, Environment & Animal Life
Sweet! A record year for maple syrup!
Those with a sweet tooth love maple syrup, a delicious product that nature has provided. Coming exclusively from ‘sugar’ maple trees, it was a discovery learned from indigenous tribes in northeastern north America who for centuries had been collecting the… »
Canada History: June 2, 1983 – A tragic blow to Canadian music
One of Canada’s best known singer-songwriters had just performed at music festival in the U.S. and was aboard an Air Canada flight home on this date. Mid-flight, at 7 p.m. smoke was detected in the washroom which the pilots initially… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, Environment & Animal Life, International, Society
Sports update: Several pro sports events slowly return, but without fans
With the coronavirus shutdown almost all sports, professional and otherwise, ground to a quick halt in early March. This has meant a huge loss to the industry and to national, regional and local economies in the billions of dollars as… »
Arts & Entertainment, Indigenous
Inuit tale wins at Canadian Screen Awards
Canada’ major film awards event, the Canadian Screen Awards, handed out its ‘Genie” awards for the best in cinema, television and digital media last week. A merger of the previous Gemini and Genie awards for TV and film respectively, this… »
Environment & Animal Life, International
‘Zombie fires’ threaten an early fire season across the Arctic
Known by wildfire services as ‘holdover’ fires, they’re also called zombie fires because they won’t die or perhaps also somewhat like hibernating creatures in that when wildfires that burn out on the surface the embers can slowly smoulder underground all… »
Air passenger complaints face huge backlog in Canada
Even before the COVID-19 crisis, formal passenger complaints against airlines in Canada were backing up. The Canadian Transportation Agency received some 26,000 complaints between July 2018 and April of this year. Complaints are supposed to be handled within a delay… »
Economy, International, Politics
China’s angry reaction to court decision on Huawei executive’s extradition case
On Wednesday, the British Columbia Supreme Court ruled in the long-standing court case involving Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou. Detained, but free on bail with conditions, she had been fighting an extradition request from the U.S on charges of… »
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